2023年12月4日 · Until recently, the Juma seemed destined to disappear like countless other Amazon tribes. In the late 1990s, the last remaining family consisted of an elderly man and his three daughters. But under the women’s leadership, they changed the patriarchal tradition and now fight to preserve their territory and culture. (Dec.

One of the most prominent cultural traditions celebrated and upheld by the Tikuna is that of the Pelazón ceremony, a coming of age ritual for young girls, marking the time they enter womanhood. After a whole year of isolation, the girls will …

2023年12月4日 · Under the women's leadership, they have grown their tribe from three to 24, seemingly beating the odds of extinction. At night, in this village near the Assua River in Brazil, the rainforest...

2023年12月5日 · Aruká, unhappy and restless, pressured Funai to return to his home village, with his first three daughters, the place that would eventually become officially recognized as Juma and return to life.

2023年12月10日 · At night, in this village near the Assua River in Brazil, the rainforest reverberates. The sound of generators at times competes with the forest, a sign that there are people here. Until...

Yanomami women are responsible for domestic duties and chores, excluding hunting and killing large game. Although the women do not hunt, they do work in gardens and gather fruits, vegetables, medicinal plants, fish, small animals, honey and insects for food. The garden plots are sectioned off by family.

2019年8月3日 · The increasing visibility of indigenous women’s leadership in indigenous associations and institutions at all levels across Brazil is leading to large-scale results: Today, the Coordination of Indigenous Organizations of the Brazilian Amazon (COIAB) and the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB), for example, are represented by ...

2019年12月21日 · Currently, the women of the Amazon fulfill well-defined roles within the culture of the various tribes or indigenous communities that inhabit the Amazon River basin and its jungle. Participating in war is not one of these roles.

2024年10月7日 · The new book Seremos Jaguares (We Will Be Jaguars) by Indigenous leader Nemonte Nenquimo is the memoir of a woman who fought against large oil companies to preserve her people’s land and thousands of hectares of Amazon rainforest.

2024年5月7日 · The Yuturi Warmi, an Ecuadorian patrol group, vowed to protect their community's land in the Amazon Rainforest from pollution of extractive industries.